Argentum Metallicum



Chest

Stitches in the (right) side of the chest, when inhaling and exhaling. Pressure in the chest. Pressure and shooting in the sternum and in the sides of the chest. Pain in the lower (left) rib cartilages. Incisive pain in the sides of the chest, on breathing and on stooping forward. -Cramp-like pain in the muscles of the chest and in the sides.

Heart

Painless twitching in cardiac muscle, worse lying on back, with feeling that he would have apoplexy.- Sensation as if heart stood still, followed by trembling, then irregular, violent throbbing. Palpitation: at night, during pregnancy.- In evening, in bed, quick pulse with thirst.

Neck and Back

Cramp-like pains in the shoulders and in the shoulder-blade. Pains, as of bruising or of drawing in the loins.

Upper Limbs

Tension and acute pullings, cramp-like and pressive pains in the arms and hands. Cramp-like pressive pains in the bones, and in the joints of the hands and fingers. Contraction of the fingers.

Lower Limbs

Shooting, pressive, and, as it were, paralytic pain, in the coxofemoral joint, when walking. Jerking in the muscles of the thighs. Cramp-like, acute, and incisive pains in the knees and in the ankle-bones. Cramp in the calves of the legs, with sensation of contraction of the muscles, on going downstairs. Pain, as of bruising and throbbing, in the joints of the feet. Cramp-like pain in the bones and in the joints of the feet and toes. Tearing in the bones of the feet and toes. Sensation of numbness in the heel and in the tendo Achillis. Feet oedematous (diabetes).

Generalities

Pressure, cramp-like, pulling, principally in the limbs and in the bones.- Bruising pain, chiefly in the sacrum and the joints of the lower limbs.- Boring pain in the joints.-Sensation of soreness in the joints.- Strong effects on the secretions of the mucous membranes.-Sensation of excoriation in the skin and internal organs.-Sensation of numbness and stiffness in the limbs, as if asleep.- Epileptic attacks. Aggravation of the symptoms every day, in the afternoon. Burning itching in different parts of the skin. Eruption of pimples, with burning pain, as of excoriation. Anxious dreams. Shuddering and cold, especially in the afternoon and at night. Nocturnal sweat.

John Henry Clarke
John Henry Clarke MD (1853 – November 24, 1931 was a prominent English classical homeopath. Dr. Clarke was a busy practitioner. As a physician he not only had his own clinic in Piccadilly, London, but he also was a consultant at the London Homeopathic Hospital and researched into new remedies — nosodes. For many years, he was the editor of The Homeopathic World. He wrote many books, his best known were Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica and Repertory of Materia Medica